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Foley catheter
noun
- an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Foley catheter1
Example Sentences
Because he cannot use the bathroom on the plane, he is using a Foley catheter 鈥 which can increase his risk of getting hurt when he is carried and transferred by employees.
He tucks in his Foley catheter and raises his arms in anticipation.
鈥淚f we need help putting a Foley catheter, how are we supposed to do social distancing if the other nurse is holding the patient鈥檚 leg?鈥 one nurse said.
Some doctors have become so paranoid that they have lost perspective, even advising the painful placement of a 鈥淔oley鈥 catheter into the bladder in order to detect sepsis-induced kidney failure.
The bag to the foley catheter was empty; his team tried more diuretics.
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